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Some days, James T. Kirk has good days. There's no-one in medbay, the Klingons aren't attacking, the science department is buzzing over some new breakthrough they're just on the verge of, and he'll play chess with Spock as soon as their shift is over. That's great. Those are the best days.Some day, James T. Kirk has bad days. He, or worse, someone else, is in medbay, the Klingons shoot first, the science department's latest breakthrough goes horribly wrong and there's no time to play chess with Spock. That's fine. He can deal with that. The day is always saved.And some days, James T. Kirk doesn't listen on an interspace Zoom call, accidentally signs up to court the new Vulcan High Prince, and Sulu won't stop laughing at him.And, even worse, Spock's gone away for "family matters".(Or, the spirk royalty au romcom literally no one asked for except me, yes, the title is a princess diaries quote)